| Virginia (Southampton County), Courtland — U 120 — General Thomas' Birthplace | | | General George H. Thomas, "The Rock of Chickamauga," was born on July 31, 1816, about five miles to the south. A graduate of West Point, Thomas sided with the Union during the Civil War and won distinction in the campaigns in Tennessee. — Map (db m18155) | | Virginia (Southampton County), Courtland — Mahone’s Tavern — A Social, Transportation and Political Hub | | | One of the oldest buildings in Southampton County, Mahone’s Tavern was a social, transportation, and political hub of Jerusalem (now Courtland) because of its proximity to the county courthouse. Beginning in 1796, the structure served as a tavern, operated by different proprietors as Kello’s Tavern (1799-1828) and Vaughan’s Tavern (1829-1839) until Fielding Mahone bought it in 1840. Mahone also bought Hart’s Tavern next door and connected the buildings with a passageway to form Mahone’s Tavern. . . . — Map (db m18118) | | Virginia (Southampton County), Courtland — U 123 — Major Joseph E. Gillette | | | The "Southampton Cavalry" was formed just north of this site in May, 1861 at what was the Gillette Farm, Cedar Lawn. Joseph E. Gillette was elected captain. The Company eventually became Company A of the 13th Virginia Cavalry. Gillette was promoted to major in the regiment. He died here November 1, 1863, after being wounded at Brandy Station. The company served gallantly until the end of the Civil War as part of General J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry in General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. — Map (db m18161) | | Virginia (Southampton County), Courtland — Z 31 — Southampton County / Sussex County | | | (Obverse)
Southampton County
Southampton County was formed in 1749 from Isle of Wight County, a part of Nansemond County was added later. The county was either named for the English borough of Southampton or for Henry Wriothesley, third earl of Southampton. In Aug. 1831, a slave rebellion took place here led by preacher and slave Nat Turner. Confederate General and Virginia U.S. senator William Mahone (1826-1895) lived a portion of his life here. The county seat is Courtland, . . . — Map (db m18112) | | Virginia (Southampton County), Cross Keys — U 122 — Nat Turner's Insurrection | | | On the night of 21-22 August 1831, Nat Turner, a slave preacher, began an insurrection some seven miles west with a band that grew to about 70. They moved northeast toward the Southampton County seat, Jerusalem (now Courtland), killing about 60 Whites. After two days militiamen and armed civilians quelled the revolt. Turner was captured on 30 October, tried and convicted, and hanged 11 November; some 30 Blacks were hanged or expelled from Virginia. In response to the revolt, the General . . . — Map (db m22796) | | Virginia (Southampton County), Franklin — UT 22 — Blackwater Line - Joyner's Ford | | | Confederate forces guarded this Blackwater River crossing from 1862 to the end of the Civil War. On 12 Dec. 1862, Capt. J. H. Sikes and soldiers of Company D, 7th Confederate Cavalry, were captured during a dismounted skirmish with elements of the 13th Indiana Regiment. More than 50 soldiers were reported killed or wounded during this engagement. On 22 Dec. 1862, Union Lt. Col. George Stetzel, 11th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment, reconnoitered with four companies to Joyner's Ford. Encountering . . . — Map (db m18159) | | Virginia (Southampton County), Franklin — US 6 — South Quay | | | Nearby along the eastern bank of the Blackwater River once existed the community of South Quay, also sometimes called South Key, Old Quay, or Old South Quay. Founded by 1657, South Quay by 1701 had become the site of a landing and trading post. A customs house for international trade had been built at South Quay by 1776. During the Revolutionary War, supplies from overseas arrived there for the colonial army and at least two ships were built there. South Quay was destroyed by fire by British . . . — Map (db m18181) | | Virginia (Southampton County), Franklin — US 3 — William Mahone's Birthplace | | | Three and a half miles southwest, at Monroe, Major-General William Mahone was born, December 1, 1826. He served brilliantly in the Confederate army throughout the war, and won the title, "Hero of the Crater," at Petersburg, July 30, 1864. He was United States Senator, 1881-1887. Mahone died in Washington, October 8, 1895. — Map (db m18153) | | Virginia (Southampton County), Newsoms — "Thomaston" — George Henry Thomas — "the Rock of Chickamauga" | | | Born here: July 31, 1816
Son of John C. Thomas
and
Elizabeth Rochelle Thomas
West Point, Class of 1840
General - United States Army
Loyal to conscience, country
and family
Died: San Francisco March 28, 1870
Buried: Troy, new York
Oakwood Cemetery — Map (db m18131) | | Virginia (Southampton County), Newsoms — Thomaston — Home of Gen. George H. Thomas | | | Gen. George H. Thomas was born in this house on July 31, 1816. He lived here until his appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1836, where he roomed his first year with William T. Sherman. After graduation in 1840, Thomas entered the U.S. Army and fought in the Seminole and Mexican Wars, serving in the latter under Albert Sydney Johnson and Robert E. Lee. Early in the 1850s, he taught cavalry tactics at West Point; among his students were future Civil War generals Philip H. . . . — Map (db m18125) | | Virginia (Southampton County), Zuni — UT 21 — Blackwater Line - Blackwater Bridge | | | During the Civil War, Confederate forces guarded this Blackwater River crossing as a part of the Blackwater defensive line. On 14 Nov. 1862, Col. Charles C. Dodge, 1st Battalion New York Mounted Rifles, led his troops in a skirmish against elements of W. C. Claiborne's Confederate cavalry. The Federals drove the Confederates away from the bridge and captured their supplies, but left the bridge standing. The same forces fought another skirmish on 9 March 1863 that resulted in the same outcome. . . . — Map (db m18157) |
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